Al Waqf weather in August

In August, Al Waqf sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Al Waqf's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Waqf's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:27 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
2%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Al Waqf is City in Egypt.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month.

A typical August day in Al Waqf reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Al Waqf

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Al Waqf weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 10.310.68.9
Feb24° / 00.211.19.3
Mar28° / 13°10.111.88.2
Apr33° / 17°0012.64.6
May37° / 22°0013.31.8
Jun40° / 24°0013.60.3
Jul40° / 25°0013.50.1
Aug40° / 25°0012.90.2
Sep38° / 23°0012.21.4
Oct34° / 20°00.111.43.9
Nov28° / 14°10.110.77.9
Dec23° / 10°10.110.49.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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31000
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51000
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Al Waqf gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 78% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
182171
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382180
482180
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:19 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:196:33
213.25:206:33
313.25:206:32
413.25:216:32
513.25:216:31
613.15:226:30
713.15:226:29
813.15:236:29
913.15:236:28
1013.15:246:27
1113.05:246:26
1213.05:256:26
1313.05:256:25
1413.05:266:24
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1612.95:276:22
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1812.95:286:20
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2012.85:296:18
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.3 kWh/m² to a high of 8.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Al Waqf

In seasonPeak

None of Al Waqf's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Al Waqf sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Oct
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Al Waqf?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Al Waqf.

What to pack for Al Waqf in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Al Waqf sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al Waqf in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Waqf peaks around June 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 16UV 11Dec 23UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb6High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct7High
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Al Waqf in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Al Waqf is worst in January — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 1871 µg/m³Jul 2046 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan71Unhealthy
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar67Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May60Unhealthy
Jun55Poor
Jul46Poor
Aug49Poor
Sep53Poor
Oct55Unhealthy
Nov56Unhealthy
Dec64Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al Waqf?

Al Waqf sits at 26.1°N, 32.4°E, 77 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Dishnā, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Al Waqf

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Waqf.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Waqf has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 71 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 691 m.

The land around Al Waqf is covered by cropland (46%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, bare terrain (44%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
373 m
80 km
691 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Dishnā 6.0 km · Nag Hammâdi 19 km · Farshūţ 26 km · Qina 32 km · Abū Ţisht 33 km · Naqādah 37 km · Qūş 39 km · Qifţ 41 km

Egypt travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 15% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,086
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
79%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
10.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 459
Religion
Muslim 90%Christian 10%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Al Waqf (26.0866°, 32.4226°, elevation 77 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).